| | Maududi rendition of Surah The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall(al-Ghashiyah)
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| 88:1 | | Has the news of the overwhelming event reached you |
| 88:2 | | Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear |
| 88:3 | | be toiling and worn-out |
| 88:4 | | they shall burn in a Scorching Fire |
| 88:5 | | their drink shall be from a boiling spring |
| 88:6 | | They shall have no food except bitter dry thorn |
| 88:7 | | that will neither nourish nor satisfy their hunger |
| 88:8 | | On that very Day some faces shall be radiant with joy |
| 88:9 | | well-pleased with their striving |
| 88:10 | | They will be in a lofty Garde |
| 88:11 | | wherein they shall hear no vain talk |
| 88:12 | | In it there shall be a flowing spring |
| 88:13 | | and couches raised high |
| 88:14 | | and goblets laid out |
| 88:15 | | and cushions arrayed in rows |
| 88:16 | | and rich carpets levelled out |
| 88:17 | | Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created |
| 88:18 | | And the sky: how it was raised high |
| 88:19 | | And the mountains: how they were fixed |
| 88:20 | | And the earth: how it was spread out |
| 88:21 | | So render good counsel, for you are simply required to counsel |
| 88:22 | | and are not invested with the authority to compel them |
| 88:23 | | But whoever will turn away (from the Truth) |
| 88:24 | | Allah will chastise him with the most terrible chastisement |
| 88:25 | | Surely to Us is their return |
| 88:26 | | and then it is for Us to call them to account |
